Update: A Rocky Start For The War Z
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Not all the time, there are the two big debacles I can think of off the top of my head.Jove said:
Pokemon Yellow, which didn't work. At all.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/7.351547-Counterfeit-Pokemon-Game-Tops-App-Charts
Several Super Mario copy pastes.
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/109681-Apple-Approves-Blatant-Mario-Rip-Off-for-App-Store
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/119631-iOS-Game-Takes-Mario-Knockoffs-to-The-Next-Level
I'm not trying to defend Valve, just making the point that even Apple doesn't do a very good job checking either and the above examples are actually in some ways worse than the current. The hope is that this entire thing will make Valve change their policy and take the game down.
Yeah, it's funny - but it's also plain immature. If people want to do something and try to get the changes they want, they should go and join the others on the Steam Community page who are trying to work with Valve to come to a solution.dragongit said:
Holy fuck, you're right!Irridium said:
That and the EULA being ripped out of the League of Legends' Terms of Service pretty much shifted my opinion from "mildly interested" to "thoroughly disgusted".
I'm guessing this is going to be a lesson learned for us Greenlight backers. I never upvoted War Z personally, but I can see how shady projects could definitely see the light of day with Valve's system.
It does appear that the game has been stripped of it's right to be perchased from Steam. Sure you can still buy it from their webpage, but that's their buissness. It had no right to be released in it's state on Steam without warning that it was still very much an Alpha product, or foundation whatever their excuse was. They should not have advertized functions that were clearly not in the game.
They are free to, I guess, try again in the future. I can almost garentee you though, that many people will not be so likely to trust their word from here on out.
They are free to, I guess, try again in the future. I can almost garentee you though, that many people will not be so likely to trust their word from here on out.
Titov: "Okay... How much money was I able to rake in before the Valve Police kicked the doors in? This much? Well, that'll do. So long, Hammerpoint suckers, I'm off to get hookers and blow!"
Hammerpoint employees: *ka-sob*
Average Gamer: *is probably reminded of Elwood Bartlett's Kickstarter campaign*
If Titov seriously sticks around, he's in for a few years of serious work. Not that he seems inclined to consider it; ripping content left and right is so much more effective a game design process, right?
Hammerpoint employees: *ka-sob*
Average Gamer: *is probably reminded of Elwood Bartlett's Kickstarter campaign*
If Titov seriously sticks around, he's in for a few years of serious work. Not that he seems inclined to consider it; ripping content left and right is so much more effective a game design process, right?
Article is way behind the news as other sites such as kotaku reported steam just pulled WarZ from being purchased due too all the lies, false advertising, and scamming.
War Z has finally been removed from Steam. How on Earth did Valve even allow that piece of garbage on Steam in the first place is beyond me. I hope they all learned from this and they will check the content they put on there in the future.
I agree it was a bad press for both Hammerpoint and Valve. I am sure this will lead to valve being a bit more cautious about what games to put in the store and checking descriptions. I am also glad they responded so fast to the scam.Playbahnosh said:
I like how 'Foundation Release' is a term I've never heard of and all Google gives me are links related to The War Z.
This is as alpha as it can be and not fit for sale, whatever fancy name they decide to give it.
This is as alpha as it can be and not fit for sale, whatever fancy name they decide to give it.
I am really hoping in this case that Valve, like most such merchants has at a minimum a few days time before payments are sent or posted to the vender. At least long enough to insure that fraud isn't occurring. Their bank would probably insist on it. so there is a good chance that Sergei has not seen an actual dime yet.IamLEAM1983 said:
